Based on a site-specific concept for looking after and propagating discarded pot plants, the collective PARA has invited contemporary artists whose work deals with the modes of relationships between humans and plants. How does the health of plants reflect human behavior? How are encounters with plants influenced by (post-)colonial conditions? Does rethinking human-plant relationships also lead to a relearning of relations among humans? The exhibition and program of events addresses conditions of life, limits on resources of care, and constructions of nature and femininity. Video- and spatial installations, sculptures, paintings, and textile works reveal the tensions between protection and control inherent in the practice of keeping and caring for plants, as well as exploring its transformative potential.

Exhibition with works by Rob Crosse, Marlene Heidinger, Bethan Hughes, Dunja Krcek, Samir Laghouati-Rashwan, Julia Löffler, Anne Marie Maes & Margarita Maximova, Jesse McLean, PARA, Laure Prouvost, Lex Rütten & Jana Kerima Stolzer, Shirin Sabahi, Hoda Tawakol, Sophie Utikal

Program of events and outreach with Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, Josephine Hans, Dunja Krcek, Anne Marie Maes & Margarita Maximova, Marylou, Juliana Oliveira, Mélia Roger, Miki Yui, and many more

nGbK work group: Lina Brion, Vanessa Opoku, Jonas Fischer, Amelie Neumann, Kolja Vennewald